Three weeks to go!
Three-day Program Details Released for Media Democracy Days
Panel discussions, production workshops, and film screenings will have you questioning, the Canadian media landscape.
VANCOUVER, BC – The 10th anniversary of Media Democracy Days (MDD) Vancouver aims to encourage media awareness through a diversity of topics and approaches in its 2011 expanded programming. From November 11-13, be prepared for an exclusive screening of War Made Easy with talk from Dr. Sut Jhally; a day of panel discussions and a media fair kicked off with a keynote address from Rabble.ca founder, Judy Rebick; and lastly, a day devoted to dialogue and production workshops on mapping media movements in Vancouver.
Whether you are a citizen, a student, a journalist, policy writer, activist, politician, or union worker, Media Democracy Days promises something to pique your interest on issues of media reform. “We are making a concerted effort to expand the breadth of our programming to be more inclusive of diverse communities,” said Kathleen Cross, chair of the MDD Organizing Committee. In correlation with this, panel topics on Saturday November 12 range from “Resistance and Renewal: Unions and public opinion in ‘The Crisis Economy’” to “Lost in Translation? Challenges and the Future of Inclusivity in Diverse Media”.
“Around the world, we can see many examples over the last year of people uniting together in the public interest,” said Gala Milne, lead coordinator for this year’s events. In Vancouver, the work of bold organizations aimed at social change will be highlighted in another MDD panel titled, “ShitHarperDid, SlutWalk & LeadNow: New Directions in Civic Engagement”. “Corporate media’s dominant voice affects us all, and fostering civic engagement in media issues is the first step in challenging the status quo,” continued Milne.
All events are free to the public but seating is limited and registration is encouraged here:
Friday & Saturday: www.mediademocracydays2011.eventbrite.com; and
Sunday Workshops: www.mddworkshops.eventbrite.com
